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Prince Harry and Meghan Markle Just Shared Their Official Engagement Photos


Meghan Markle and Prince Harry know how to take a good photograph together. Just look at how electric they looked at the Invictus Games back in September, or at the photo call they had in November after announcing their engagement. They’re two of the most photogenic people on the planet—and they’re in love, which makes for some pretty dazzling visuals.

So it’s only fitting the future Duke and Duchess mark their engagement with an official photo shoot. And because the Kensington Palace Twitter handle is A-plus, we all get to see some of the shots. “Prince Harry and Ms. Meghan Markle have chosen to release official photographs to mark their engagement,” the Palace tweeted early Thursday morning (December 21) before sharing these two gorgeous snaps:

Kensington Palace revealed the photos were taken by Alexi Lubomirski at Frogmore House, which is in Windsor, We’ll give you a few seconds to swoon over these pictures—because that’s exactly what we’re doing.

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle will officially tie the knot on May 19, 2018 in at St. George’s Chapel at Windsor Castle, but details other than that are sparse. “We are incredibly happy for Meghan and Harry,” Markle’s parents told Kensington Palace about her daughter’s engagement. “Our daughter has always been a kind and loving person. To see her union with Harry, who shares the same qualities, is a source of great joy and passion for us parents. We wish them a lifetime of happiness and are very excited for their future together.”

“We are very excited for Harry and Meghan,” commented Prince William and Kate Middleton to the palace, as well. “It has been wonderful getting to know Meghan and to see how happy she and Harry are together.”

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Prince Harry Interviewed Barack Obama, and It Was the Cutest


Prince Harry has had a lot going on lately, so you’d be forgiven if you missed the new job title Mr. Meghan Markle recently acquired: radio journalist.

That’s right, the British prince just put in some time as a guest editor on BBC Radio 4’s flagship “Today” show. And, for his foray into journalism, he was joined by a very special and equally-impressive guest: none other than former President . Barack Obama. The banter between the two of them is, in a word, adorable, and we want more of it.

In a preview video of the holiday-themed interview, scheduled to air in full on December 27, Obama and Harry can been seen joking around about what’s to come during their sit-down. As expected, both are beyond charming, giving us lots to look forward to after Christmas.

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“Do I have to speak faster?” Obama asks Harry as they’re getting started. “Because I’m a slow speaker.”

“Not at all,” Harry assures him.

“OK,” Obama says. Then he adds: “Do I need a British accent?”

Instead of answering, Harry gives his guest a good-natured warning: “If you start using long pauses between the answers, you’re probably gonna get ‘the face,'” he says.

“Lemme see the face,” Obama replies. Harry shoots him a serious look that does the job: “I don’t wanna see that face,” the former President says.

Of course, Harry and Obama go way back. Most recently, Obama tweeted his congratulations to Harry and Meghan on their engagement. They were also spotted hanging out together with Joe Biden in Toronto at the Invictus Games in September.

Obama also made a trip to Kensington Palace to visit Harry and his family in May—so something tells us this interview will be an instance of mixing business with pleasure. Not that their friendship is preventing Harry from experiencing those familiar “first day” jitters on his new job.

“You’re excited about this,” he tells Obama. “I’m nervous about this, that’s what’s quite funny.”

“I’ll interview you if you want,”Obama offers.

But Harry politely declines: “No, no. Let’s keep it this way. I’d much prefer that.”

Watch all of the banter below—it will definitely make your Sunday.

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Twitter Is Not Here for Ivanka Trump's Tweet to Meghan Markle and Prince Harry


We can all agree that one bright spot in an otherwise, um, challenging year was the engagement of Meghan Markle and Prince Harry. When, after many months of speculation, news of their impending wedding broke in late November, a wave of people took to Twitter to send the lovebirds their happiest well-wishes. A second wave came this past week, when they announced their wedding date (May 19, 2018; set an alert now).

First Daughter and “assistant to the President” Ivanka Trump was among those who wanted to tweet their congratulations. In the first part of a two-part tweet, Trump wrote that she was “Wishing Meghan and Prince Harry a lifetime of love, laughter and happiness together.” Then she followed it up with, “I have no doubt that this couple will do extraordinary things, both individually and collectively. Congratulations!”

Love or not-so-much-love Ivanka, her message to Meghan and Harry is pretty innocuous. Thoughtful even. And she’s right: Both Meghan and Harry will likely rack up a few accomplishments as a married couple. They already have, after all, and show no signs of stopping now that they’re getting hitched.

But when Twitter spotted her message, it went off.

It appears that many people read what Trump wrote and inferred that something more was going on. Mostly, they wondered whether her kind words were just a savvy way to angle for an invite to the royal wedding. As you might have guessed, they were not kind with their accusations.

(In case you don’t remember, Trump and her husband Jared Kushner once made a cameo on Gossip Girl back in the day, hence the relevance of the above GIF.)

We don’t know if Ivanka will get an invitation, but it’s kind of hasty of Twitter to jump all over her and surmise some nefarious intent from an otherwise nice message—even if you’re not her biggest fan. What we do know, however is how Price Harry proposed to Markle; that the cake is going to be banana flavored; and that Markle is planning to focus on charity work after the wedding. We’re just counting down the days now until the actual wedding.

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Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's Wedding Date Has Been Announced


Update: This morning, Kensington Palace revealed the exact date Meghan Markle will wed Prince Harry: May 19, 2018. “His Royal Highness Prince Henry of Wales and Ms. Meghan Markle will marry on 19th May 2018,” the statement (via Twitter) read. “Today’s announcement follows earlier confirmation of the month of the wedding and its location at St George’s Chapel, Windsor Castle.”

Original Post: It’s been a whirlwind month for Prince Harry and Meghan Markle. The couple officially announced their engagement on Monday (November 27) and completed a full day of press—including a photo call and 20-minute sit-down interview, where we learned how Prince Harry proposed and what Princess Diana would’ve thought of Markle. Cameras even caught the couple goofing off after the interview wrapped, further confirming their adorable love for each other.

Of course, a royal engagement means a royal wedding is in our future—and if Prince William and Kate Middleton’s nuptials from 2011 are any indication, we’re in for a no-expense-spared extravaganza. We learned yesterday that Markle and Prince Harry’s wedding will take place next spring, but Kensington Palace released a bulletin on Tuesday (November 28) offering more information. We now have a date (May 2018) and a location (St. George’s Chapel).

“The marriage of His Royal Highness Prince Harry of Wales and Ms. Meghan Markle will take place at St. George’s Chapel, Windsor Castle in May, 2018,” the release reads. “Her Majesty The Queen has granted permission for the wedding to take place at the Chapel. The Royal Family will pay for the wedding. Further details about the wedding will be announced in due course.”

Check out the release for yourself, below:

These sparse details alone confirm their wedding will be stunning—and far more opulent than Prince Harry’s proposal, which apparently happened during a cozy night in while he and Markle were roasting a chicken. “It was just an amazing surprise. It was so sweet and natural and very romantic. He got on one knee,” Markle said.

Let the countdown to May 2018 begin.

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Meghan Markle and Prince Harry Have a 'Profound Sense of Commitment'


As if you needed any more confirmation that Prince Harry and Meghan Markle are taking England—and the world—by storm with their upcoming wedding, the couple has literally been blessed by a holy figure.

The Most Revd and Rt Hon Justin Welby—whom you probably know as the Archbishop of Canterbury—recently expressed his delight about Prince Harry and Markle’s engagement, also dropping a few hints at how their May 2018 wedding will be structured. And unlike Prince William and Kate Middleton’s grandiose Westminster Abbey wedding with thousands of guests in attendance, we’ll be expecting something a little more low-key with the duo’s choice in Windsor Castle.

“I am very, very sure after conversations that this is no tick-box exercise of ‘We ought to get married in church,’” he told BBC Radio Four’s Today broadcast, per People. “There is a profound sense of commitment, of seriousness both about faith and about their lives together which is quite inspirational.”

The Archbishop isn’t sure yet if he’ll be marrying the couple in Windsor’s cozy St. George’s Chapel—“I think that’s up to them”—but he’s confident it’ll be an event to remember. “Of course it’s important because people will look at it and they’ll see a model of how two people commit their lives to one another before God, in the presence of millions of people,” he said. “That’s going to be wonderful, it’s always a beautiful moment. Every wedding is profoundly beautiful.”

As we already know, Markle has to be baptized before the wedding day to become a member of the Church of England. And as opposed to other, bigger royal weddings in the past, there won’t be a procession through London or a balcony kiss for everyone to witness, either. But despite the chill (OK, chill-er affair), don’t fret, you’ll still be able to watch on TV.

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Meghan Markle Is Breaking Royal Protocol by Spending Christmas With Prince Harry


One of the most charming anecdotes to come out of Meghan Markle and Prince Harry’s first sit-down interview last week was about the Queen’s band of corgis. According to Prince Harry, the dogs are typically temperamental and take a while to warm up to new humans; however, they took an instant liking to Markle, cuddling up on her leg as she sat down with the Queen for tea. Dogs are pretty excellent judges of character, TBH, so it’s no wonder Markle was fully and warmly embraced by the Royal Family in such a short period of time. When you have the corgis’ seal of approval, everything else is a piece of cake.

Including scoring an invitation to the Queen’s Christmas party. According to Us Weekly, the annual gathering has historically been “spouses only,” but the Queen bent the rules for Markle. “Attending as a fiancé is a first for the family,” a source tells the magazine. “Given that Meghan doesn’t have family in the U.K., it’s only right that she spends Christmas with Harry and his.”

Just imagine: Had the Queen not granted permission for Markle to attend, she would’ve spent her first Christmas in the U.K. alone. What would she have done? Watched old Suits reruns? Done a private reenactment of her Hallmark movie Sparks Fly? Royal protocol, man. It gets in the way of everything!

“To be able to meet [the Queen] through [Prince Harry’s] lens, not just with his honor and respect for her as the monarch, but the love that he has for her as his grandmother, all of those layers have been so important for me,” Markle said in her sit-down interview last week. “When I met her, I had such a deep understanding and, of course, incredible respect for being able to have that time with her.”

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